Gwabegar,
New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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, is a village located in the middle of the largest naturally forming cypress pine (Callitris

Callitris

Callitris is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae . There are 15 species in the genus, of which 13 are native to Australia and the other two native to New Caledonia. Traditionally the most widely used common name is cypress-pine, a name shared by the closely related genus Actinostrobus...

) forest in the Southern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

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, the Pilliga State Forest

Pilliga forest

The State Forests of The Pilliga, commonly known as the Pilliga Scrub , constitute some 3000 km2 of semi-arid woodland in temperate north-central New South Wales, Australia...

. At the 2006 census

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, Gwabegar had a population of 242 people.

The timber industry was once the mainstay of the town with twelve sawmills operating, but they have been closed, leaving farming as the main source of income.

Goonanyah Post Office opened on 15 August 1912 and was renamed Gwabegar in 1924.

Gwabegar is the historical terminus of the Gwabegar railway line, which is now truncated to Binnaway

Binnaway, New South Wales

Binnaway is a small town located on the Castlereagh River in central New South Wales near the larger centre of Coonabarabran, which is about 35 kilometres to the north. In 2006, the town had a population of 495 people. The road linking these two towns closely follows the meandering Castlereagh River...

. The now closed railway station opened in 1923.